Now, it may not be an actual "Firewall" in the strictest sense but "The Great NetNanny of China" doesn't have the same ring. Like another poster said, it seems to work via reset packets. I'm not networking expert, I just know I get a lot of "connection reset" error messages.
The problem with the Firewall isn't what it blocks, but it's HOW it blocks...the sporadic, chaotic nature. I've been here for two years. When I arrived, LiveJournal (which I was using to keep in touch with friends) was fine. In October of last year, it got blocked. It remains so. Wikipedia has been blocked and unblocked SEVERAL times. As ShanghaiBill said, there are proxies, but THOSE sometimes get blocked. And it's NOT just porn or "politically objectionable" material that's being blocked. There was a "computer help" call-in radio show I used to listen to, but THEIR site was blocked. All manner of sites that have NO political, pornographic or otherwise "controversial" information are blocked for reasons unknown.
Another prime example is Google News. The HOME page often opens just fine, but if you try to click a link to follow one of the stories ON the home page? "Connection reset". I'll often get the same thing when trying to SEARCH from Google News. SOMETIMES it works, but you never really know WHEN it will and when it won't.
That's the big problem with it for me, the fact that you never know from one day to the next WHAT'S going to be accessible and what won't be.
I mention this not to complain, but to point out that any thoughts of "There IS no Great Firewall" are foolish. Like I said, it may not meet the strict technical definition of "firewall" because it doesn't do all of it's filtering 'at the edge', but the truth is MOST people not on Slashdot have NO idea how a firewall works. They just know it's supposed to BLOCK stuff. That's the case in China. The internet IS censored here MUCH more than it is in the US and many other countries I've heard from.
Only, it's not TRULY an American company. China Public Security is a Florida company that was bought by a Chinese company that was already doing this sort of work. They then changed they Florida company's name and made the Chinese company a SUBSIDIARY of the Florida company. The shots are all being called from China.
It's not a problem with the US corporate community. Once you sell a company, you can't control what the new owners do with it.
The CEO of China Public Security is a Chinese man living in China named Lin Jiang Huai. He BOUGHT a company in Florida, changed it's name and made his CHINESE company (which had already been working on this sort of thing) a subsidiary of the Florida company...which HE owns.
Here's the source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/12secur ityside.html
From the NYTimes article:
Mr. Lin bought an obscure e-commerce business here three years ago and changed its business focus. He then did a so-called reverse merger, in which he bought a tiny Florida printing company with sparsely traded stock, renamed it China Public Security, and turned the software business here into a subsidiary of the American company. (emphasis MINE) Note, the "here" mentioned in the story is CHINA. So, it's an American company in the same way Microsoft's offices in China are a "Chinese" company. They may be 'legally' a US company, but the shots are all being called in China.
Full disclosure: I live in Guangzhou, the capital of the province Shenzhen is in, about an hour by train from Shenzhen. There's a HUGE amount of traffic coming through the border crossing there (with Hong Kong). They've JUST announced the opening of a NEW border crossing to ease congestion in...I think 2 days (8/15). The migrant population in Shenzhen (it's a Special Economic Zone) is HUGE as the minimum wage THERE is about TRIPLE the national average. If you've never been to/lived in China, it's hard to describe the situation in detail, but coming from an American perspective, it's VERY different from ANYTHING we deal with. Trying to judge the situation based on your own national standards will OFTEN lead to a faulty conclusion, especially if you haven't LIVED here. I'm not saying I think this tracking plan is a GREAT thing. I'm just saying that when I lived in America, my initial response would have been, "WHAT AN OUTRAGE!!". After a few years here, IN the area the story is talking about...my initial reaction is to THINK about the situation in greater detail before I leap into outrage. The ENTIRE situation here is VERY different from back home.
I looked at the web site, but couldn't figure out how to get one in time to play this weekend.
Got any tips?
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I haven't had a TV for a little over 5 years and people think I'm some kind of freak. I have trouble getting people to do all sorts of other things for me, but as soon as they find out I don't have a TV, they start offering to buy me one or give me an extra one they have. No one EVER wants to buy me an external DVD burner...
Even some of my more tech-savy friends don't want to be bothered downloading TV or movies. They'd rather just look at their (TV) box or buy bootleg DVDs to watch on their 40+" TV instead of downloading stuff for free over the cable internet connection they're paying for.
I don't know how it is in other countries, but here in the US, people want to turn on the TV and watch it. Anything else is too hard...or requires too much of a "paradigm shift".
That's how the TV industry will compete. Those of us on Slashdot (and similar places) are a minority.
It's a little more than you wanted to spend ($600 vs $500), but I just saw a story about Wal-Mart starting to sell Wi-Fi enabled laptops over at Ars Technica.
Here's the link to the Ars story. Here's a link to the actual Wal-Mart page. You can only buy them online at this point. Plus, if it doesn't work out, Wal-Mart is known for their liberal return policy.
Other than a new system, I'd second the other suggestions about a used laptop. I may be buying one or more used tiny Compaqs for $300 a pop, so they can be had. If you're looking for a note-taking machine, an older, less powerful laptop shouldn't be hard to find on the cheap.
So, does Miranda still work with the Yahoo IM network after their protocol changes? Have they put out a patch to deal with the change?
Not to be a jerk, but if they haven't, it'a just as useless as Gaim at the moment for people who want to IM folks using Yahoo...
I recall Newsforge doing stories on this city that made the switch. Here's the link.
Newsforge and Linux.com are good places to look for this sort of thing.
From a research perspective, you may be able to find stories, but you'll probably have to document them yourself.
If the Clevo page looks like gibberish, it's because you don't have Chinese language fonts installed on your machine...or you don't have you browser set to "universal auto-detect" for different encodings.
I got the following Chinese charachters:
伺服器太ক 7;
(you'll have to paste the Unicode into a page and look at it with your browser...Slash doesn't seem to like the Characters...)which, according to bablefish, is Chinese for "The server too is busy".
I think it should be mentioned that this (very short) opinion piece is focusing on Indy game developers in the UK. The title of the Slash story leaves that out.
I'm sure things are somewhat different in the US or other parts of the world. What I couldn't tell you is exactly how they're different. However, there are enough cultural and economic variations between countries for me to say that there is some differences.
What would be truly interesting to see is how the Indy development approach differs from country to country. The most widely discussed approach here (I'm in the USA) is to go after a big publisher to get your game put in as many places as possible. Do developers in other countries follow a similar approach, or do they take a different tack, i.e. "Make a game and put it on the web and/or sell it locally by hand. If a big company comes and shows interest, great. If not, we don't care." If so, what countries and why?
This site might help. It focuses on Japanese approaches to phsychology. One of their approaches is the Morita approach , which has "Take Action" as a pillar.
For extra Geek Points, the Vulcan persona was based, in some part, on the Japanese culture. What would Spock think if you weren't getting things done?
You say you're starting a job soon? You might want to check out "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". It's not a 'How-To', book, but more of a general 'How You Think about money and how you make it' book. It changed my thinking quite a bit.
The next book in the series, "CashFlow Quadrant" is also good, in a similar manner. Not How-To, but "think about this", with an emphasis on the different (general) ways you can EARN money. The details of how to act on your new thoughts is, to use an oft-repeated Comp. Sci. phrase, "left as an exercise for the reader".
It may not seem to 'geeky', but geeks tend to have higher earning potential than most. I'm not sure what your major was or what your job will be, so this broad generalization may or may not hold for you.
If you ever thought about playing D&D, or moving to the 3rd Ed. rules, I'd recommend the line of "Core" D&D novels based on the 3rd Edition 'Iconic' characters (each one represents a class). Pretty interesting stuff. They provide an interesting group of stories showing how 3E characters 'live'.
A complete list is here. I've read all of them so far. They're all pretty short, so you can read one or two in a day. That would still leave you plenty of time for other stuff.
I forgot about this; at the "Locking down a Linux Box" level, there's Bastille Linux.
Not only will it secure your box, one of their major goals is to "teach" you how as it does it. Here's a quote from their site:
Bastille Linux has been designed to educate the installing administrator about the security issues involved in each of the script's tasks, thereby securing both the box and the administrator. Each step is optional and contains a description of the security issues involved.
Seems like a good source of info to me. Teach a man to fish and all that...
I just picked up a copy of The Networking CD Bookshelf Vol. 2.0 from Amazon. It came Thursday or Friday It's $29.99 with free shipping. It includes the following ORA books, all on CD:
TCP/IP Network Administration, 3rd Edition
DNS & Bind, 4th Edition
Building Internet Firewalls, 2nd Edition
SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide
Network Troubleshooting Tools
Managing NFS & NIS, 2nd Edition
Essential SNMP
Yeah, yeah, I know, Amazon is the Evil Empire, what with their One-Click Patent attempts. It's my first purchase from them. Couldn't pass up a deal like this.
You also get TCP/IP Network Administration, 3rd Edition in a dead tree version. A friend from HoustonWireless, our local Freenet group, suggested the TCP/IP book, then I found this collection for less than the cover price of the single book!
If you're new(ish) to networking (ME!), the 'TCP/IP' book is a great place to start. It has nice discussion of a wide variety of protocols and network services (someone mentioned that earlier). Even if you're not, the 'SSH' and 'Building Internet Firewalls' books are pretty good too. This price makes them that much more attractive, not to mention easier to carry (all on CD).
If you're experienced with networking, but new to security, "Secrets and Lies" is a good place to start, but more from a managerial/conceptual standpoint. Don't expect instructions on how to do Infosec from this book. It's more "things to consider/look for/plan for". Still a quality read. The author is an expert in the field, so you get some of the benefit of his experience and expertise. At the very least, you'll finish the book with a better idea of what some of the more pertinent issues are in Infosec. I haven't looked at his newest book, "Practical Crypto".
My highly non-expert opinion? Infosec is (or should be) a very interdisciplinary discipline approached in a holistic manner. You can't just "apply 'secure' technology" to an insecure system...and your system is only as secure as the weakest link. Learning to spot those weaknesses (many of which have little to do with applying the latest patch)is the key.
That's the problem I'm running into. Not just storing the CD's (that's pretty easy, as I don't have that many), but the manuals.
How do people store them so that you can find CD and manual together and in somewhat short order? For the Manuals that are just Jewel Case inserts, again, that's easy. What about the larger (and oh-so-often different sized) manuals?
An AC said:All CPA's must have a degree before they can take the CPA exam.
Tim C responded: A degree, or a CS degree? There is a difference, you know.
You need an Accounting degree. Something that says you have the basic foundational skillset to perform the function. I'll quote from this page on the AICPA web site:
To qualify for certification, you must:
* complete a program of study in accounting at a college/university (the AICPA recommends at least 150 semester hours of college to study to obtain the common body of knowledge for becoming a CPA.)
[SNIP]
It's the first qualification listed. It's not just an accounting degree. The profession recently changed to a "150 hour" standard that requires at least 150 hours of total coursework (most of that being gained during your Bachelor's of Accounting degree) which must contain a specified "Common Body of Knowledge" (CBK) before you can even TAKE the exam to become a CPA.
The idea here being the AICPA wants to make sure you have a certain core background before you get branded with their certification. Time was, anyone could take the exam. The new standard kicked in just in time to impact 1998 collge graduates.
I think that's what the original poster is after. How do you tell if the person fixing your computer is qualified to do so? It's great that an earlier poster can fix any computer they come across because they have a "knack" for it. How do I know you've got that "knack"? Can I depend on you to honestly tell me if you didn't have that "knack"? If you're out sick or on vacation, how do I know if the person taking your place has that "knack"? How do I know if your "knack" isn't confined to IDE and I've fot a SCSI system?
Posters keep talking about using "common sense", but knowledge of the workings of a PC or being able to judge a person's competence to fix a PC (or perform any other task) by "eyeballing" them ISN'T COMMON SENSE.
That's why certifications exist. That's why Public Accounting Firms are reluctant to hire anyone who's not already (or very close to being) qualified to take the CPA exam and they won't keep folks around who don't PASS the exam. The original poster seems to be looking for some way to ensure a more consistent level of quality in PC techs.
Piggybacking on the above comments about "Think Unix", I'd also recommend "The Unix Philosophy" by Mike Gancarz. Great book about how Unix is designed and how it does things. Not a "This is what the kernel does" book, but a "Unix uses many small tools that each excel in their task and can be chained together" book.
According to Amazon, there's a new version "Linux and the Unix Philosophy" coming out soon.
Slim book, easy reading and it will help new users figure out what makes *nix different from Windows/MacOS
I'm not expert, but I think a solid grasp of the above concepts would serve any programmer. You can never have too many tools. I think a "Smart Person" could get quite a lot from the following books. All are slim (210pp or less) and written in a "conversational" style. Some might find the style bothersome, but I didn't.
For a quick introduction to recursion, The Little Schemer. The first sentence of the second paragraph of the preface says it all: The goal of this book is to teach the reader to think recursively. They use a small subset of Scheme to illustrate.
The goal of this book is to teach the reader to think about the nature of computation. This is from The Seasoned Schemer, the "sequel" to the book above. The biggest of the books I mentioned (a whopping 210pp), it's easy reading and gets at what computers and computation can and can't do. Again, they use as small subset of Scheme here, but the concepts transfer to any language.
A Little Java, A Few Patterns is perhaps the most ambitious of the three. It has two goals. In 180 pages, they introduce you to the nature of, concepts behind and reasons for Object Orientation (using a subset of Java). Then, they introduce you to design patterns. Note, I say "introduce" in both cases.
There are definitly more "classic" books out on all of these topics. Sadly, I think the definition of "classic" is too often the same for computer books as it is for standard literature. A book everyone talks about, but no one reads. For a "Smart Person", I'm not sure I know of any more accesable, compact, high density introductions to such fundamental topics. It's been my experience that smart people only need to be introduced to ideas to get them started. These books are slim enough that a person working full-time could go through them (thoroughly) in a week each, taking away quite a bit of information. You would then be better prepared to choose your next book from the list of "classics".
Can *you* say "inflammable" means "easily set on fire" and not the opposite?
Yes, it does, but "in-flammable" (which is not a word) would mean "not-flammable". Just as if you were to take any word and attach "in-" as a prefix, most speakers of english would recognize that you are trying to negate the word in question.
For the code-biased among us, it would be like reading "!flammable".
Don't even ask me how this waaay off-topic posting got modded up to 5 (my thresh), or why I bothered to respond to it. I guess I choose the "reply, don't mod" option some people espouse.
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Now, it may not be an actual "Firewall" in the strictest sense but "The Great NetNanny of China" doesn't have the same ring. Like another poster said, it seems to work via reset packets. I'm not networking expert, I just know I get a lot of "connection reset" error messages.
The problem with the Firewall isn't what it blocks, but it's HOW it blocks...the sporadic, chaotic nature. I've been here for two years. When I arrived, LiveJournal (which I was using to keep in touch with friends) was fine. In October of last year, it got blocked. It remains so. Wikipedia has been blocked and unblocked SEVERAL times. As ShanghaiBill said, there are proxies, but THOSE sometimes get blocked. And it's NOT just porn or "politically objectionable" material that's being blocked. There was a "computer help" call-in radio show I used to listen to, but THEIR site was blocked. All manner of sites that have NO political, pornographic or otherwise "controversial" information are blocked for reasons unknown.
Another prime example is Google News. The HOME page often opens just fine, but if you try to click a link to follow one of the stories ON the home page? "Connection reset". I'll often get the same thing when trying to SEARCH from Google News. SOMETIMES it works, but you never really know WHEN it will and when it won't.
That's the big problem with it for me, the fact that you never know from one day to the next WHAT'S going to be accessible and what won't be.
I mention this not to complain, but to point out that any thoughts of "There IS no Great Firewall" are foolish. Like I said, it may not meet the strict technical definition of "firewall" because it doesn't do all of it's filtering 'at the edge', but the truth is MOST people not on Slashdot have NO idea how a firewall works. They just know it's supposed to BLOCK stuff. That's the case in China. The internet IS censored here MUCH more than it is in the US and many other countries I've heard from.
Only, it's not TRULY an American company. China Public Security is a Florida company that was bought by a Chinese company that was already doing this sort of work. They then changed they Florida company's name and made the Chinese company a SUBSIDIARY of the Florida company. The shots are all being called from China. It's not a problem with the US corporate community. Once you sell a company, you can't control what the new owners do with it.
...you've created a post full of links that CAN'T be seen from most points in China. I'm there now.
I'm in China now. I can't get to that last link, just like Wikipedia and a lot of other stuff.
I looked at the web site, but couldn't figure out how to get one in time to play this weekend. Got any tips?
I haven't had a TV for a little over 5 years and people think I'm some kind of freak. I have trouble getting people to do all sorts of other things for me, but as soon as they find out I don't have a TV, they start offering to buy me one or give me an extra one they have. No one EVER wants to buy me an external DVD burner...
Even some of my more tech-savy friends don't want to be bothered downloading TV or movies. They'd rather just look at their (TV) box or buy bootleg DVDs to watch on their 40+" TV instead of downloading stuff for free over the cable internet connection they're paying for.
I don't know how it is in other countries, but here in the US, people want to turn on the TV and watch it. Anything else is too hard...or requires too much of a "paradigm shift".
That's how the TV industry will compete. Those of us on Slashdot (and similar places) are a minority.
Other than a new system, I'd second the other suggestions about a used laptop. I may be buying one or more used tiny Compaqs for $300 a pop, so they can be had. If you're looking for a note-taking machine, an older, less powerful laptop shouldn't be hard to find on the cheap.
So, does Miranda still work with the Yahoo IM network after their protocol changes? Have they put out a patch to deal with the change? Not to be a jerk, but if they haven't, it'a just as useless as Gaim at the moment for people who want to IM folks using Yahoo...
I recall Newsforge doing stories on this city that made the switch. Here's the link. Newsforge and Linux.com are good places to look for this sort of thing. From a research perspective, you may be able to find stories, but you'll probably have to document them yourself.
If the Clevo page looks like gibberish, it's because you don't have Chinese language fonts installed on your machine...or you don't have you browser set to "universal auto-detect" for different encodings.
I got the following Chinese charachters:
(you'll have to paste the Unicode into a page and look at it with your browser...Slash doesn't seem to like the Characters...)which, according to bablefish, is Chinese for "The server too is busy".I almost fell down laughing...
I think it should be mentioned that this (very short) opinion piece is focusing on Indy game developers in the UK. The title of the Slash story leaves that out.
I'm sure things are somewhat different in the US or other parts of the world. What I couldn't tell you is exactly how they're different. However, there are enough cultural and economic variations between countries for me to say that there is some differences.
What would be truly interesting to see is how the Indy development approach differs from country to country. The most widely discussed approach here (I'm in the USA) is to go after a big publisher to get your game put in as many places as possible. Do developers in other countries follow a similar approach, or do they take a different tack, i.e. "Make a game and put it on the web and/or sell it locally by hand. If a big company comes and shows interest, great. If not, we don't care." If so, what countries and why?
For extra Geek Points, the Vulcan persona was based, in some part, on the Japanese culture. What would Spock think if you weren't getting things done?
The next book in the series, "CashFlow Quadrant" is also good, in a similar manner. Not How-To, but "think about this", with an emphasis on the different (general) ways you can EARN money. The details of how to act on your new thoughts is, to use an oft-repeated Comp. Sci. phrase, "left as an exercise for the reader".
It may not seem to 'geeky', but geeks tend to have higher earning potential than most. I'm not sure what your major was or what your job will be, so this broad generalization may or may not hold for you.
A complete list is here. I've read all of them so far. They're all pretty short, so you can read one or two in a day. That would still leave you plenty of time for other stuff.
I agree with the rest of your comments, especially the "post mortem" stuff.
Not only will it secure your box, one of their major goals is to "teach" you how as it does it. Here's a quote from their site:
Seems like a good source of info to me. Teach a man to fish and all that...
Yeah, yeah, I know, Amazon is the Evil Empire, what with their One-Click Patent attempts. It's my first purchase from them. Couldn't pass up a deal like this.
You also get TCP/IP Network Administration, 3rd Edition in a dead tree version. A friend from HoustonWireless, our local Freenet group, suggested the TCP/IP book, then I found this collection for less than the cover price of the single book!
If you're new(ish) to networking (ME!), the 'TCP/IP' book is a great place to start. It has nice discussion of a wide variety of protocols and network services (someone mentioned that earlier). Even if you're not, the 'SSH' and 'Building Internet Firewalls' books are pretty good too. This price makes them that much more attractive, not to mention easier to carry (all on CD).
If you're experienced with networking, but new to security, "Secrets and Lies" is a good place to start, but more from a managerial/conceptual standpoint. Don't expect instructions on how to do Infosec from this book. It's more "things to consider/look for/plan for". Still a quality read. The author is an expert in the field, so you get some of the benefit of his experience and expertise. At the very least, you'll finish the book with a better idea of what some of the more pertinent issues are in Infosec. I haven't looked at his newest book, "Practical Crypto".
My highly non-expert opinion? Infosec is (or should be) a very interdisciplinary discipline approached in a holistic manner. You can't just "apply 'secure' technology" to an insecure system...and your system is only as secure as the weakest link. Learning to spot those weaknesses (many of which have little to do with applying the latest patch)is the key.
HTH,How do people store them so that you can find CD and manual together and in somewhat short order? For the Manuals that are just Jewel Case inserts, again, that's easy. What about the larger (and oh-so-often different sized) manuals?
Anybody got any clever ideas?
Tim C responded: A degree, or a CS degree? There is a difference, you know.
You need an Accounting degree. Something that says you have the basic foundational skillset to perform the function. I'll quote from this page on the AICPA web site:
It's the first qualification listed. It's not just an accounting degree. The profession recently changed to a "150 hour" standard that requires at least 150 hours of total coursework (most of that being gained during your Bachelor's of Accounting degree) which must contain a specified "Common Body of Knowledge" (CBK) before you can even TAKE the exam to become a CPA.The idea here being the AICPA wants to make sure you have a certain core background before you get branded with their certification. Time was, anyone could take the exam. The new standard kicked in just in time to impact 1998 collge graduates.
I think that's what the original poster is after. How do you tell if the person fixing your computer is qualified to do so? It's great that an earlier poster can fix any computer they come across because they have a "knack" for it. How do I know you've got that "knack"? Can I depend on you to honestly tell me if you didn't have that "knack"? If you're out sick or on vacation, how do I know if the person taking your place has that "knack"? How do I know if your "knack" isn't confined to IDE and I've fot a SCSI system?
Posters keep talking about using "common sense", but knowledge of the workings of a PC or being able to judge a person's competence to fix a PC (or perform any other task) by "eyeballing" them ISN'T COMMON SENSE.
That's why certifications exist. That's why Public Accounting Firms are reluctant to hire anyone who's not already (or very close to being) qualified to take the CPA exam and they won't keep folks around who don't PASS the exam. The original poster seems to be looking for some way to ensure a more consistent level of quality in PC techs.
This is where Auto-Hide earns it's keep. Right click the Taskbar, select Properties, and under Taskbar Options, check "Auto Hide".
Works for me...According to Amazon, there's a new version "Linux and the Unix Philosophy" coming out soon.
Slim book, easy reading and it will help new users figure out what makes *nix different from Windows/MacOS
I'm not expert, but I think a solid grasp of the above concepts would serve any programmer. You can never have too many tools. I think a "Smart Person" could get quite a lot from the following books. All are slim (210pp or less) and written in a "conversational" style. Some might find the style bothersome, but I didn't.
- For a quick introduction to recursion, The Little Schemer. The first sentence of the second paragraph of the preface says it all: The goal of this book is to teach the reader to think recursively. They use a small subset of Scheme to illustrate.
- The goal of this book is to teach the reader to think about the nature of computation. This is from The Seasoned Schemer, the "sequel" to the book above. The biggest of the books I mentioned (a whopping 210pp), it's easy reading and gets at what computers and computation can and can't do. Again, they use as small subset of Scheme here, but the concepts transfer to any language.
- A Little Java, A Few Patterns is perhaps the most ambitious of the three. It has two goals. In 180 pages, they introduce you to the nature of, concepts behind and reasons for Object Orientation (using a subset of Java). Then, they introduce you to design patterns. Note, I say "introduce" in both cases.
There are definitly more "classic" books out on all of these topics. Sadly, I think the definition of "classic" is too often the same for computer books as it is for standard literature. A book everyone talks about, but no one reads. For a "Smart Person", I'm not sure I know of any more accesable, compact, high density introductions to such fundamental topics. It's been my experience that smart people only need to be introduced to ideas to get them started. These books are slim enough that a person working full-time could go through them (thoroughly) in a week each, taking away quite a bit of information. You would then be better prepared to choose your next book from the list of "classics".Babbage's/FunCoLand/SuperSoftware and a couple of others are all now GameStop. You can check out their used DreamCast section here.
The one near me (Houston, TX) just got a bunch of used DCs in and they're selling them for $69, due to high demand. That should change soon.
Yes, it does, but "in-flammable" (which is not a word) would mean "not-flammable". Just as if you were to take any word and attach "in-" as a prefix, most speakers of english would recognize that you are trying to negate the word in question.
For the code-biased among us, it would be like reading "!flammable".
Don't even ask me how this waaay off-topic posting got modded up to 5 (my thresh), or why I bothered to respond to it. I guess I choose the "reply, don't mod" option some people espouse.
I'm just sayin'